Meerut court sentences Ravita and Amardeep to death for Amit Kashyap’s murder

A Meerut court sentenced Ravita and Amardeep to death for Amit Kashyap’s murder, after finding that they strangled him and used a snake to make the killing appear to be a snakebite. The ruling followed the court’s conviction of the pair; India Today reported that the court called the case “rarest of rare.”

The Additional District Judge-12 court delivered the sentence, with Jaiveer Singh Nagar presiding, according to India Today and The Times of India. Free Press Journal reported that the prosecution examined 12 witnesses. India Today described the prosecution’s witness count as over a dozen. Those accounts differ in precision, rather than establishing two clearly incompatible totals. The court’s ruling addressed the killing and the staging of the scene. The sources describe Amit’s body as having been found with a live snake beside or beneath it, and say the snake was used to make the death appear to be a snakebite. Free Press Journal says investigators found evidence of strangulation. The Times of India reports that police said the post-mortem examination established strangulation as the cause of death and found injuries to Kashyap’s neck and nose. The accounts also provide different details about the investigation. Free Press Journal reported that police said Amardeep obtained the snake from a snake charmer named Krishna for Rs 1,000, saying it was for a religious programme. The outlet said police filed a chargesheet on June 26, 2025. India Today reported that investigators traced more than 500 calls between Ravita and Amardeep through a number he used to contact her. It also said Ravita spoke with Amardeep more than 70 times over four days after Kashyap’s death, according to the prosecution. The reporting identifies the conviction and sentence as the court’s actions, not merely allegations by police or prosecutors. India Today says the court convicted Ravita and Amardeep of murder and criminal conspiracy on October 7; Free Press Journal says the convictions included murder and destruction of evidence. These accounts describe different additional charges or findings, so the precise set of convictions is not consistent across them. The Times of India reported that government counsel Farzana Masood said the court ordered that Ravita’s children’s education and other needs be provided for. The same outlet said the two defendants had been in jail for 17 months and attended the sentencing by video conference. Free Press Journal reported that Kashyap’s mother, Munesh Devi, said justice had finally been delivered and that she had sought the death penalty. The immediate consequence is the death sentence, following the convictions and the court’s assessment of the case. The reports do not state what further legal steps Ravita or Amardeep will take. The court’s sentencing, the accounts of the staged snakebite scene, and the provisions described for Ravita’s children are the principal reported outcomes of the case.